Prelude to Robin, My Houkounin or Houkounin Sagas by Shinigami Virus, one year before the story. Raven X Kali. The night of her fourteenth birthday, Raven changes into a vampire. Her teacher through her eternal life, is non other than an older vamp

Kali cradled the girl
in her arms, as she leaned against the backboard of her bed. She
moved her hand to brush a strand of purple hair that fell over her
eyes, tucking behind the girl's ear. Her body had become stilled,
halting the violent shaking she had endured when she had first found
the girl. Normally, a vampire would awaken much earlier, but for
some reason, this girl still slept, various expressions changing over
her face, as if she were stuck in a dream. The elder vampire sighed
inwardly, as one of her legs hung over the side of the bed while the
other lay extended over the soft mattress.

She felt the girl stir
in her arms, and attempt to sense her surroundings before allowing
herself to fully awaken. She hadn't even noticed she was in
resting in her lap, until she tried to sit up, though the
transformation had drained all energy from her, resulting in a mild
movement of her limbs. The dark haired sorceress fluttered her eyes
open, though seemed to have trouble focusing upon anything. Her
senses stretched out, immediately feeling the presence of another.

"Is someone there?"
she called out. She had been so tired when she went to shift her
weight, she felt a pair of strong, but soft and warm around wrapped
around her pull her back into a cradled position. Usually one to
protest, she was surprised herself when she felt relatively
comfortable within this person's grasp.

"Hi," the girl
spoke as Raven looked up, a warm kind expression upon her features.
"I'm Kali. Tell me, do you know what's happening to you?"

"I don't feel
well," Raven replied. A light hunger was lingering in the pit of
her stomach, while her brain slowly hinted that an apple would not
crave her desire this time. She shifted lightly to rest her head
against the girl's arm, surprised that she felt so comfortable with
a girl she didn't know. "I don't know what's happening to
me."

"Was there anyone
else with you?" Kali asked, hoping she could possibly describe the
thoughtless vampire that left the poor girl alone. Raven shook her
head, her eyebrows lowering slightly in irritation of not knowing
what was happening. "So you have inherited the gift."

"Gift?" Raven
questioned, as she finally pulled herself to sit up in the girl's
lap. "What do you mean gift? What's happening to me?"

Raven hadn't spoken
the last part of her sentence before the hunger in her stomach came
back, her vision blurring faintly while the room spun. Kali felt the
girl sway against her, and held her close so she wouldn't fall.
Tilting her head to the side, she placed her palm on the back of the
girl's head, slowly moving her to her own neck.

"Do what comes
natural," Kali spoke so softly, Raven had barely caught the words.
Nearly breathing in pants, Raven took in the girl's scent, almost
making her eyes roll in the back of her head. Relying on instincts,
Rave clamped her mouth over the girl's neck, and without
hesitation, bit her enlarged canines into the girl, drawing blood.
The warm liquid seemed to bee what her stomach was screaming for, the
hunger in her stomach finally letting itself known. She sucked until
her stomach was satisfied, pulling away in shock in realization to
what she had just done. She backed off the girl's lap, onto the
bed, but as tired as she was, she merely sat a few feet from her,
resting on her elbows.

"What did you do to
me? What did you mean by inherited the gift? What gift?" Raven
demanded, trying to mask the look of fear she felt inside. Kali
blinked, as she turned to her lamp that suddenly shattered the moment
the girl had finished asking her question. She smiled, turning back
to the girl. Yes, this girl was very interesting indeed.

Raven didn't do so
well masking her fear, though Kali still held the same warm, caring
look she gave when she had first awakened. Raven calmed somewhat,
but still kept her distance. If the girl did want to hurt her, she
would have already done so.

"I have not done
anything to you," the girl spoke softly, repositioning herself to
sit cross legged upon the bed. "You have been reborn."

"Reborn?" Raven
asked curiously. Kali leaned over to her night stand, pulling, to
Raven's surprise, the book she could never open. Placing in
between them, Kali looked Raven straight in the eyes when she looked
up.

"Tonight, you have
turned into a vampire," Kali replied, shifting the book toward the
girl.

"A vampire?" Raven
asked skeptically, as she pulled the book toward her, her fingers
moving along the thick material.

"You drank blood, did
you not?" Kali replied with a raised eyebrow. Raven's brows
lowered slightly, concentrating for a moment. She stretched her
senses out to the girl, attempting to read her thoughts. She
blinked, when it appeared the girl's mind was perfectly able to
withstand her abilities, though allowing her to sense her emotions.
Calm, and relaxed. She spoke the truth. Her smile fell a bit when
Raven did this, speaking out.

"Don't read my
mind," Kali asked. "I can feel it when you try to."

"Sorry," Raven
blushed, lowering her eyes. She should have known the girl's
abilities before attempting to read her mind. Her eyes returned to
the book, knowing earlier that it may have had something to do with
the way she had felt.

"Why don't open
it?" Kali suggested.

Raven's hand rested
on the lock, slowly examining the book before she once again tried to
open it. As her index finger pushed against the lock, it clicked
open to her surprise, while a white mist formed around it, then
shattered and dissolved in thin air. Assuming the enchantment
preventing her from opening had been broken, she opened the book to
the first page, not too surprised to see the writings of vampires on
the first page. She sighed a bit, resting her eyes closed for a
moment. She closed the book when her eyes opened, looking to the
girl who had saved her.

"Thank you," she
said simply, pushing herself to the edge of the bed. "I appreciate
your help."

Kali smirked when the
girl attempted to stand up, her legs giving out quickly due to her
exhaustion. Kali was quick, reaching her arm around the girl's
waist, preventing her from falling onto her face. Raven flushed,
hiding her face from the girl.

"I guess it would be
alright to stay here for a while longer," Raven said, realizing the
girl would not let go of her, pulling her into the same position as
before.

'She really has no
idea,' Kali thought to herself with a smile. She would tell
the girl when she awoke later, and take her under her wing.

"Do you have a couch
I could sleep on?" Raven asked quietly, realizing sleep was slowly
taking over her. Kali shook her head, as she leaned against the
backboard of her bed, pulling the girl into the same position as
before.

"Don't worry,"
Kali replied. "You can sleep just as you were."

Before Raven could even
protest, she was asleep, exhaustion quickly taking over her. Kali
lifted her knees a bit, tilting her head to the side. This girl was
different than the rest, that was for sure. She would have her hands
full with this one.

-

Raven woke hours later,
feeling the warmth of the girl next to her. She should have felt
more uncomfortable, sleeping next to a girl of which she hadn't
even learned the name of yet. Still, this girl seemed to know much
of her apparent 'heritage,' and quite possibly more. Her
breathing was slow, and she remained in the girl's embrace, with
the girl's cape wrapped around her like a blanket. She took in a
deep breath, taking in the comfort of the girl, throwing her stray
thoughts aside, and for once, feeling relaxed. Kali felt the girl
stir beneath her, pulling her arm from around her.

"How are you
feeling?" Kali asked the girl as she sat up. Raven instantly felt
the coldness around her when she had risen, pulling the cape to her
own cloak around her to keep herself warm as she too sat up.

"Tired," she
replied, while she rubbed her eyes childishly. Kali smirked at the
girl, leaning her back against the board of her bed. An itch
developed within her newly developed fangs, that extended on their
own accord, and a burning sensation similar to the previous day in
the back of her throat. She was thirsty, or hungry if you will, as
well as tired.

"I know," Kali
said, motioning over to the girl. "You'll be like this for a few
days. Your body will adjust to it."

Raven followed the
girl's commands without question, but hesitated when Kali moved her
hair aside, tilting her head and lifting her neck for her to feed
from. Blinking, Kali eyed the girl.

"Why are you helping
me?" Raven asked curiously. No one had ever helped her since she
had come back to this planet, and could not find any reason that this
girl could be so nice to her unless it were for some ulterior motive.
Kali seemed taken back by the question, as if Raven should have
already known the answer.

"You've been turned
into an immortal," Kali started, her voice smooth. "I am just
trying to prepare you to live for an eternity."

"You didn't answer
my question," Raven announced. "Why did you come to my aid back
in the warehouse."

"Because you needed
it," Kali replied. "You would have died of hunger if I had not
sensed you changing."

Raven felt the girl was
still avoiding the question, though the exhaustion she felt made her
drop it then and there.

"So I will need to
feed off people?" Raven asked, attempting to change the subject.
Kali welcomed the change with open arms.

"Yes," she nodded.
"But not for a while. You'll have to adjust fully to becoming a
vampire, otherwise you might end up loosing control of yourself, and
accidentally killing someone."

Raven nodded in
understanding, shifting uncomfortably on the bed, rubbing one arm
with her other hand, looking around nervously.

"My name's Kali,"
the girl spoke softly, as if sensing the girl's turmoil. Raven
turned to the girl, seeing her smile. Swallowing a lump that had
formed in her throat, she nodded her head.

"Raven," she
responded. Kali smiled warmly, motioning for the girl to come close
to her once again.

"I know you're
hungry, Raven," she said to the girl. "The sensation will only
get worse unless you feed. Now come over here."

Raven obeyed the girl,
and crawled over. Kali made her neck available once again, tilting
her brunette hair to the side. Again, Raven hesitated, her tongue
running along her extended fangs. She felt pressure upon the back of
her head, urging her once more to the girl's neck. Closing her
eyes, she bit softly into the flesh, barely drawing blood. She drank
slowly, and more carefully than she had last time, the hunger not
driving her mad as it did the previous day. Kali tilted her head
back when Raven pulled away, the two puncture marks healing
instantly. She frowned slightly, noticing the girl taking barely any
blood from her.

"New vampires should
drink until they are full," Kali commented. Raven shook her head.

"I feel sick," she
replied, keeping her eyes down, as the room swayed slightly around
her. Kali held a wavering hand.

"It will pass. Your
stomach is not yet used to accepting blood for a food substance,"
she replied. "You should rest then."

"I've been resting
a lot," Raven then commented as soon as the dizzy spell wore off.

"That's to be
expected," Kali responded. "Your body is slowly dying."

"Dying?" Raven
asked, curious suddenly. Kali nodded.

"All the cells in
your body are slowly dying, and reforming into something new. That
is why when one becomes a vampire, they are weak. It takes nearly a
week for some, and longer for others," Kali said, tilting her head
a bit and bringing a hand to her chin. "Though I have heard people
inheriting the blood of a vampire, I have never seen it with my own
eyes."

Raven's eyes shifted
from her in the manner she had spoken to her, feeling like an
experiment suddenly. Kali waved her hand with a shake of her head.

"I meant no
disrespect," she said apologetically. "It is just I am unsure of
how similar the transformation would be to someone turned into a
vampire."

"How does one become
a vampire, if not by inheritance?" Raven asked curiously. Kali
smiled, liking their simple 'teacher-student' relationship that
slowly started to develop between them.

"Well, it's not as
simple as you may think," she said. "For one to change, the
mortal must grasp the heart of the immortal for the genes to be
passed on."

"You mean," Raven
started with a frightened look. "They'd have to physically put
their hand through the vampire's chest?"

Kali nodded.

"It seems rather…"

"Gory," Kali filled
in the blank rather easily, as Raven nodded. "Yes. Some careless
vampires change mortals for simple play, and leave them there to
either go mad from the hunger, or simply die of starvation, not
knowing why simple food products of mortals will not satisfy their
hunger."

"That's terrible,"
Raven started, looking to the girl's eyes. "Have you ever
created one of your own?"

Kali shook her head.

"I have never created
one of my own," Kali responded. "I have only taken in those who
cannot teach themselves."

Raven nodded.

"Then," Raven
began. "That's why you helped me?"

Kali nodded.

"I take in those who
have no one to teach them," Kali replied with a smile. "I can't
stand it when vampires are careless, and turn mortals that are
sometimes unwilling to change, and don't understand."

"It's alright,"
Kali informed the girl with a nod. Raven's eyes turned toward the
book that had once again been moved back to the night stand, Kali
following the girl's view. "You want to read it now?"

Raven nodded, and Kali
handed the girl the book. Shifting her weight on the bed, she rose
from it, stretching her limbs. Raven sat cross legged, as she moved
to the first page, reading its contents.

"Would you like
something to drink?" Kali asked, as she moved herself toward the
kitchen of her small house, knowing the girl was most likely not used
to a simple blood-only diet.

"Some herbal tea, if
you have some," Raven replied without looking, already deep into
her reading. Kali smirked at her request, filling up a kettle with
warm water, and turning her stove on.

"Where did you get a
book like that anyhow?" Kali asked from the other room. "I
noticed there was some sort of energy barrier around it when I picked
it up."

"I wasn't able to
open it until the other day," Raven replied, as she flipped a page.
"I've had it as long as I can remember."

Suddenly, a stray
thought within the girl's mind passed, making her eyes widen. She
shut the book, and frantically looked about the room, hoping she had
grabbed it as well. Kali was surprised when she found Raven looking
about her room, in search of something. Placing the tea cup on her
night stand, she looked to the girl curiously.

"What are you looking
for?" Kali finally asked, surprised that the girl found the energy
to be looking about the way she was. Raven stopped, not really
wanting to go and rip open every drawer to her dresser, and raid her
closet, even if her mind was screaming for her to do it.

Raven's heart began
racing, breathing hastened, eyes widening, hands shaking, legs
becoming wobbly: all the symptoms of a very frantic sorceress.
Raven brought her hands to her head in worry, as she started to pace
about the room. Kali quickly went to her side, grasping the girl's
shoulders.

"Raven," she asked,
not too sure why the girl was so upset over a mirror. "I'm sure
if I go back, it'll still be there."

"You don't
understand," she replied, shaking from the girl's grasp. "I
need it. I need it right now!"

Shattering glass filled
their ears, as Kali turned to see her front window completely
shattered by the girl's uncontrollable powers. Kali turned back to
the girl who had moved to place the boots Kali had removed when she
had brought the girl in.

"Where are you
going?" she asked rather stupidly, already knowing the answer.

"I'm going back,"
she replied, standing from the bed when her boots were on.

"No way," Kali
shook her head, throwing her hand out. "You wouldn't make it
halfway down the block before collapsing. You have to rest for at
least a full two days before you'll even start to regain your
energy."

Raven was already
passing by her halfway through her last sentence, pulling the hood to
her cloak over her head.

"You don't even
know where you are!" Kali yelled, as she caught up to the girl, who
already had a hand on the door handle. Raven turned to the girl,
studying her for a moment, looking at the house structure, and with a
sniff of her nose, she opened the door, confirming her prior
assumptions.

"England," she
said, as she left. Kali shook her head in frustration at the girl's
stubbornness.

"This girl will be
the death of me yet."

-

"You cant' expect
to fly across the ocean!" Kali yelled to the girl, as she walked
down the stone path, the sorceress' eyes running across the open
fields set up in all directions around her. Frowning, Kali came up
to the girl, grasping tightly upon her wrist. "What is so
important about your mirror?"

Raven shook her head,
attempting to release the girl's hand, but finding it rather
difficult with the grip Kali had upon her. Frowning, she eyed the
girl, realizing she would back down. Shaking her head, she let out a
sigh, turning to face her.

"If you need it that
bad," she started, crossing her arms over her chest. "I will
bring you to it."

"I don't need to be
pampered," Raven replied, looking rather insulted with the constant
motherly act the girl had been pulling over her since they had met.
Kali shook her head.

"You wont make it on
your own," Kali replied. "I'm going to go with you."

Raven's emotions
screamed to protest, but listened to her mind, and nodded in
agreement. She knew this girl meant her no harm, though she felt
angry with her for constantly watching over her.

'I need my
mirror,' Raven's mind screamed. She shook her head free of
all thoughts, letting out a frustrated sigh.

"Are you alright?"
Kali asked with a raised eyebrow, sensing the inner turmoil once
again within the sorceress.

"We should get
going," Raven avoided the question, as she pulled her cape around
her, levitating into the air. Kali shook her head, as she raised
herself to follow. Raven looked to the sun, and with sensing which
direction she needed to be going in, erupted in a black aura, and
flew off with Kali right next to her, both keeping the same pace.

-

By the time they had
hit the ocean, Kali couldn't believe the girl next to her. In only
one day, she seemed to regain all her strength A million thoughts
ran through her mind at one time, as she studied the girl flying next
to her.

'Is it because she
inherited the genes that she is able to regenerate her cells at a
faster rate?' Kali wondered. 'Or is it that since she was
born with the gift that she was merely already an immortal, and she
did not need the time for her cells to regenerate?'

The girl continued to
amaze her, keeping a steady pace, never slowing down or speeding up.
She noticed the girl had closed her eyes the moment they approached
the ocean, muttering words she couldn't understand.

'I know a lot of
languages,' Kali thought as her eyebrows lowered. 'But
that is a new one to me.'

A barely visible black
sphere surrounded the sorceress, remaining motionless as she flew.
It almost looked as if she were flying in her sleep.

"Raven?" Kali asked
after several minutes of silence. No response. The black sphere
around her reflected off the water below, Kali noticed. "A
trance?"

-

It was well into the
night, the moment they reached land, the shield surrounding Raven
started to shimmer. Her body jolted somewhat, and she awoke,
fluttering her eyes open. The sphere surrounding her shattered, and
it seemed she was now flying on her own. Kali kept a close eye on
the girl, as they flew over the city, noticing signs of strain upon
her face, and her constant attempts to mask them.

Frowning, she kept
silent, as the girl continued to fly in silence, making their way
through the city Kali had left only a couple of days earlier.
Suddenly, Raven stopped, floating with her back up straight, her hood
covering her face completely as her head fell. Kali had nearly flown
passed her, not expecting her to stop so suddenly. Turning around,
Kali examined the girl as she questioned.

"What's wrong?"
she asked. Raven didn't respond. She tilted her head, as she
floated over to the girl, lowering her head to view the girl's
eyes. Covered by the shadows, Kali removed the girl's hood just as
her eyes flashed yellow. Not understanding the sudden change within
the girl, Kali backed away when she tried to lash out at her, dodging
the sudden slap to her face. Raven then grasped her head, as her
eyes shut tightly, suddenly in a struggle with herself. Kali just
watched, as the girl thrashed her head about, not knowing what to do.

Suddenly, she stopped
and her eyes opened, revealing those violet orbs Kali was hoping for.
As Kali breathed a sigh of liberation, Raven's eyes rolled to the
back of her head, as her altitude dropped, falling backward toward
the streets below. Kali quickly flew down and scooped the girl up in
her arms, floating to the ground in an alleyway.

"Raven?" she asked.
No response. Kali shook her head. She had waited much too long to
feed. Kali pulled the sleeve to her right arm up, bringing her wrist
to her mouth. Extending her fangs, she bit into her wrist, blood
pouring out from it. With her other hand, she parted Raven's lips,
and dropped the blood into her mouth, squeezing the injury to allow
the liquid to flow fast.

"Damn it Raven, why
do you have to be so damn stubborn?" she asked aloud in
frustration. Her eyes caught movement in the girl's throat,
excepting her blood much to her relief. Her head rose, reaching for
the girl's wrist, wrapping her lips around the food source.
Raven's eyes fluttered opened, and rested her head back when she
realized what she was doing, tilting her head to the side to avoid
eye contact.

"You okay?" Kali
asked the sorceress. Raven felt ashamed, keeping her head to the
side. She muttered a 'yea' and started to sit up. Kali rubbed
the girl's back, sitting next to her, placing an arm around her.

"Did I pass out?"
Raven asked, without looking to the girl. The image of those yellow
eyes flashed by Kali's mind, as she too averted eye contact.

"Yea," she replied
simply.

"I didn't notice
the hunger," Raven said worriedly.

"That's why I told
you it was dangerous," Kali responded with a shake of her head.

"It would be
dangerous if I didn't get my mirror," Raven replied to her
comment, as she started to stand up. Kali decided not to push the
issue, and wait until they came in contact with this mirror to really
find out what it was all about. As they started to fly again, Kali
couldn't shake the intense look those yellow eyes had given her.

'What was that?'

-

"It's not here!"
Raven screamed, as she threw the crate next to her blanket and pillow
over the edge, smashing to pieces as it hit the floor. She paced
back and forth, her heart racing as she looked around the second
floor. Kali held a confused look, as her eyes traveled around in the
darkness.

"Calm down," Kali
tried to persuade the girl. "It has to be here somewhere. There
hasn't been anyone here since I took you the other day."

"How can you be
sure?" Raven yelled, continuing to search through the second
floor, as she nearly circled around the building. Kali pointed to
her nose, as she followed the girl.

"Like you, I have a
keen sense of smell. No one has been in here, except rats," Kali
replied, glaring one that just crossed her path. With her sensitive
eyes following along the shadows, the twitched slightly, picking up a
reflection. "I think I found something!"

Raven popped her head
up from the other side of the building, and quickly flew up. Kali
bent over, picking up the artifact covered by the shadows.

"Probably flew over
here when you threw the crate in your tantrum," Kali teased with a
smirk, as she observed the mirror. "Wow, it's pretty."

"DON'T!" Raven
yelled. Kali gazed into the mirror just as a shadow rose from it.
Her eyes widened as the shadow from the mirror wrapped around her,
surrounding her with nothing but blackness. Raven flew as fast as
she could, but the girl was already pulled into the reflection, the
mirror dropping to the floor. Her eyes shut tightly as she landed,
grasping her head. "No, not now!"

She fell to her knees
in struggle, as her emotions went wild, with nearly ever window in
the building shattering. Old crates and boxes around the inside of
the building lifted, and Raven stretched her arm toward the mirror,
gritting her teeth as beads of sweat formed upon her head. With one
eye half open, she was mere inches away from the mirror.

"So close…"

-

Author's Notes:
Don't you hate it when you get to a certain spot, and then the next
thin you see is "Author's Notes." Don't you just want to
kill the author? Yea, I hate that too.

Daughter of the
Equinox: Glad to see you reviewing another one of my stories
Thanks for the review, and hope you keep reading.

Xion Glydus: Didn't
read it all the way through? Psh, don't review till ya read it
all, you know? Anyhow, you should get started on your story, man, I
wanna read it.

Darby: Oh, I was
allowed to write much more I'm going to be doing the entire
year Kali was with Raven, and if I get that far, I'm gonna do right
up to, most likely, when she joined the Titans. Though both will
most likely be about two chapters apart from each other –nod-

Jonakhensu: Yes, it
was a real good story. I sent an e-mail to every address on the
site, and I still haven't gotten a response yet. I'm pretty
pissed cause this chapter I couldn't look up the actual flashback,
so I couldn't really remember some parts, and just had to do it
from memory instead of reference like the last chapter, so some
things will most likely be off, but I tried my best.

Plays With Fire: I
like to think of my hands as capable. Nuh, I don't know why it was
taken off. Like I said, I'm still awaiting the reason from
Fanfiction in an E-mail. Doubt I'll get it though. I update my
stories as often as I can, and with just about five or six stories
now, my Teen Titans Stories are the ones being updated the most…
I'm not sure what's wrong with my DBZ story, but I haven't
updated it in a while…. I should really work on that.

Saint Raven: Just
another worm for the fishing pole, you know? I seem to have you
hooked on all my stories, neh? I was thinking about your suggestion
about doing a little Jinx/Ice action. My original plan, and I'll
let you know of course, was to have Ice pair off with Robin,
cause of their background that will be reviled in the next chapter,
and have Jinx with Cyborg, since there seemed to be a little romance
going on in the show like that. … I don't think that last
sentence made sense. I don't know, my dyslexia has been really bad
lately and spell/grammar check hasn't been treating me nice lately.
Oh well.

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and I hope you all will enjoy this story

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